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Imperceptible in, the boat into the "Jurassic dynasty" -- suddenly, dark, unable to see, was filled with a somber mood.

There seems to be no sunshine all day long, dark, a somber mood.

With her chin on her chest and her eyes staring down, the reluctant farm girl followed Margaret to the back of the somber room.

We're off to a bit of a somber start.

Its darkened and cushioned tea-room, so somber and yet tinted so gaily with colored lights, was an ideal rendezvous.

its very hue seems to be imparted to them, cold and lifeless as they look in the gray, somber light of daybreak.

Her 71-year-old husband, looking somber and composed, was brought into the church in a wheelchair and did not speak at the service.

I need not tell you that your garden has been our brightest spot in the somber surroundings of the last few days.

It was a day of silence and somber speeches in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina struck.

"This is not about training, " he said to his employees, looking somewhat somber.

His eyes were somber , resentful and yet nervous.

He widened his eyes in self-ridicule, then, the next moment, his expression became somber.

But "Arctic Tale" is not a typical addition to a lengthening line of somber documentaries on dangerous or endangered wildlife.

Rehno -- whippet-thin, with trademark short hair and white jackets -- stands out in a sea of somber-suited, 60-something male politicians.

A somber-looking Obama admitted during a news conference that there is no support for a cap and trade bill to control emissions.

It was a somber homecoming, for after the merchant gave Beauty the rose, he told the story of the grim Beast and his cruel punishment.

Your attitude is somber now as you feel weighted down by responsibilities that may not even be your own.

My somber conclusion was nonetheless disappointing, but I rested with it.

That said, in the midst of all this jubilation, I must temper my enthusiasm with a somber note.

If you wear dark, somber colors, you project a dark, somber attitude, and people will respond to you with a somber attitude.

Never intended as a day of somber restriction, the Sabbath is God's gift designed to empower us to soar in the freedom of His Spirit.

large somber-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food.

She could not respond in any way, her eyes were somber pools that reflected no light.

Believe it or not, the settlers didn't have silver buckles on their shoes. Nor did they wear somber, black clothing.

But occasionally there are somber reminders that children are not always welcomed and blessed.

Far more somber was the director of Mr. Obama's National Economic Council, Larry Summers, who spoke on Fox News Sunday.

She continued to live in Rennes, dressing in somber clothes and behaving as strangely as when her lover was alive, until her death in 1953.

Contrary to the more somber western funerals, cremation ceremonies among the Hindus of Bali have an almost carnival-like atmosphere.

Still, the serial operations and infections have made him more somber.

It is a description of a somber feeling that comes from nowhere and leaves without a trace.

His expression is somber as he listen to the report of the accident.

Your deliberations and decisions during these somber years have already realized part of those hopes.

But although somber, pessimistic people might seem smarter, research shows that happiness and intelligence are essentially unrelated.

It's not the only film lately to engage this somber theme.

Winters are somber, gray, severe; gray skies press down like a heavy boot.

Feeling like a cross between an Easter vigil and Mardi Gras, the week of mourning is hardly a somber affair.

This popular and profound coin serves as a somber remembrance of the divisive conflict during a pivotal era in our nation's history.

And in this time of war, such good news stories are overshadowed by the somber news of loss.

The mood at the outset was "deeply somber, " Sullivan reported, but eventually the two teams got down to business.

Pyongyang's somber trams are old East German models, giving the city a Soviet feel two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

On an official level, this week will be both solemn and somber with very limited commercial activity.

Neither slap-happy comedy nor aggressive action fare, The Beaver is a somber, sad domestic drama featuring an alcoholic in acute crisis.

At a somber union news conference on the Sunday after the strike first started, he spoke of the need for respect.

"They broke it up too soon, " recalls Mully, his voice still taking on a somber tone nearly two decades later.

Think of the somber and brought mother a disappointed of look in the eyes, I really want to cry for a field.

That he was willing to sound so somber on his day of celebration tells us many things at once.

Detroit's annual auto show in January was somber, but Shanghai's show dazzled attendees with throngs of models, rock bands and light shows.

But Mrs. Reed, a somber and severe woman, ignores this request for the ten miserable years that Jane spends under her roof.

A sad and somber funeral with the body still breathing.

spring, March , it becomes a little warm, April, it's often windy and somber, May, you can see beautiful flowers.

It's the truth, somber though it may be.

In Detroit, the U. S. automotive capital, the mood is somber.

Yikes, " she wrote, along with a rather somber pic of herself in the dentist's chair. "

We enjoined and made slow and somber and wonderful love.

The mood this Easter in the Abruzzo region was somber as many prayed for relatives and friends they lost to the quake .

I'll take Malick's somber, poetic and monumental style any day over robots beating each other up and cracking bad jokes.

In such circumstances, cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress.

The green wallpaper had a particularly somber tone.

The mood at the conference was described as "somber" and "very bearish" by executives.

This morning, Haitians gathered at what remains of Notre Damn Cathedral to celebrate mash on this somber occasion.

It was a fun movie, but the ending was rather somber.

But at a news conference in Hejin Wednesday night, Liu Dezheng, a government spokesman, sounded a somber note.

But there have been no signs of unrest or discord in Pyongyang's somber streets.

Some researchers, however, would beg to differ with his somber opinion.

His robes were a somber purple, trimmed with ermine.

He had a somber, expression on his face.

A man of somber hue.

Investors overlooked a 47-year-low in the pace of new home sales and the generally somber tone taken by Bernanke on the economy.

Wage increases day after day, many had hoped to get through the winter of enterprises as soon as possible our very somber.

The ideal geisha seemed carefree, the ideal wife somber and responsible.

Life, however dark and somber , could never apparently cloud his soul.

This year's commemoration is a somber one. The past 14 months have been especially deadly for UN peacekeeping.

It was a somber afternoon as they gathered outside the school.

All 10 of the accused appeared somber in court, while two of them, a married couple, held hands and comforted each other.

They prefer light-colored interiors, such as tan, not the somber blacks and grays often preferred in other regions.

Although Obama's speech was somber , I think his message to all of America was extremely clear.

With the waiting depot, the arriving coffin, and the somber faces.

years later, we are in name brand clothes, a touch of somber mood arising from this kind of illusive luxury.

solemn and mournful music; a suit of somber black; a somber mood.

The retired teachers sat on their pews to somber organ music.

King red be long in coming to Gao Daxiu's face on a more somber.

"If you ask me, I have a great idea for catching them both in red hands. " Somber smiling worn upon the Obasan's wrinkled face.

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mr . utterson came home to his bachelor house in somber spirits.

the somber mood of the painting.

they are now truly sere, dead, and the woods wear a somber color.

The D-type Jaguar and the B-1 Bomber hold an alluring yet somber elegance.

Look past the skies of somber grey.

There, in the somber light.

By his somber expression I didn't know what to expect.

When we met in the street the houses had grown somber.

Are you in character somber, melancholy, or neglectful?

Jobs also took a somber tone in his resignation letter:

A somber passage way in the building

before long , he reached a dark and somber palace

Sun sets in somber skies